I've hear both claims
1) people (in general) talk faster than listeners can process the meaning of the words being said
2) people can process what's being said faster than a person can talk
I think ...

A patient with Cotard's Syndrome (also called "Cotard delusion" and "Walking Corpse Syndrome") has the delusion that he or she is dead (and sometimes immortal), either figuratively or literally, yet ...

We all know that extroverts are in general more talkative than introverts in oral form. But how about written communication?
After having talked with lots of people on the internet and met several of ...

People perceive numbers, percentages and values in different ways depending on what it is and how it is presented.
I'm looking for research on when to communicate with an actual percentage and when ...

I really liked the movies Frost/Nixon, Thank You for Smoking, The Social Network and then I found this Doonesbury comic strip. I want to know how to train oneself in this art of obfuscation. I am not ...

The sentence could look as a provocation for many people, but the thoughts are not always rational and linear. But why this happens? Is it possible to give a short answer?
"Counter to what you might ...

When someone asks a questioner about the reason for his/her question, if they in return answer "just asking" roughly meaning "for no particular reason", should that answer be considered to be a false ...

I haven't met a person who wouldn't at least glance at a camera's lens from time to time when they're aware it's capturing an image or a video of them.
Usually creatures transmit a lot of information ...

There are many socially accepted ideas about the differences between men and women, I am wondering how much of this is misconception or based in reality.
I was reading this question: How important is ...

This is a situation more frequent in online conversations, where you can type many things before the other person has a chance to reply.
Perhaps cognitive load, multi-tasking ability, have something ...

What are the psychological mechanisms for people who can't seem to help frequently "talking too much"?
Specifically, I am referring to those that recognise cues to when someone is busy, disinterested ...

I was at a professional development seminar today, and the presenter, while being interesting and knowing his subject admitted to being nervous and was speaking very fast. I know I do this when I am ...

There are quite a few users who are pretty much addicted to the Stack Exchange network and spend over 3-4 hours per day here. Time spent here will result in lower amount of social interactions, and ...

In my experience people living together in difficult circumstances (e.g. close friends, family members) often learn to relate to each other's non-verbal cues.
For instance; A spouse may go shopping ...

In most places that I've worked, when some sort of problem arose or corrective action needs to be taken, one of the first responses is to send mass emails at an organization or team level and set up ...

There is a typographical error that I make and do so every time I try to type a certain word. Whenever I try to type remember, I type remeber. I do this every time. This is different to a regular typo ...